c6a.4xlarge vs c5ad.4xlarge

Instance Typec6a.4xlargec5ad.4xlarge
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedCompute optimized
DetailsHigh-performance web servers, scientific modeling, batch processing, distributed analytics, HPC, machine/deep learning inference, ad serving, scalable multiplayer gaming, and video encoding.

c – Compute optimized
6 – Generation
a – AMD processor
4xlarge – Size
High-performance web servers, scientific modeling, batch processing, distributed analytics, HPC, machine/deep learning inference, ad serving, scalable multiplayer gaming, and video encoding.

c – Compute optimized
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
d – Instance store volume
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory32 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32
Clock Speed3.6 GHz3.3 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc6a.12xlarge, c6a.16xlarge, c6a.24xlarge, c6a.2xlarge, c6a.32xlarge, c6a.48xlarge, c6a.4xlarge, c6a.8xlarge, c6a.large, c6a.metal, c6a.xlargec5ad.12xlarge, c5ad.16xlarge, c5ad.24xlarge, c5ad.2xlarge, c5ad.4xlarge, c5ad.8xlarge, c5ad.large, c5ad.xlarge
Generationsc5a.4xlarge, c6a.4xlarge, c7a.4xlarge, c8a.4xlarge
Variantsc6g.4xlarge, c6gd.4xlarge, c6gn.4xlarge, c6i.4xlarge, c6id.4xlarge, c6in.4xlargec5.4xlarge, c5a.4xlarge, c5d.4xlarge, c5n.4xlarge
SageMakerml.c6a.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 300 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 6667 MBpsup to 3170 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth5000 Mbps1580 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput625 Mbps197.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS6600 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS13300 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps3170 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps396.25 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.22x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c6a.4xlarge
c5ad.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.3740n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.3740n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.61200.7840
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.7776n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.7992n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.9432n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.61200.8000
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.65660.8080
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.66960.8240
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.69840.8640
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.70560.9040
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.72720.9360
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.76321.0720
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.7704n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.6880
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.61200.6880
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.6880
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